The Wall Street Journal reported with reference to informed sources that the US government had recommended large US banks to refrain from buying Russian government bonds

MOSCOW, March 3. /TASS/. The European investment bank BNP Paribas is unlikely to participate in selection of co-organizers of the Russian sovereign eurobonds issue, a source in the banking sector told TASS on Thursday.

"It’s very likely BNP Paribas will reject the Russian Finance Ministry’s proposal, due in no small part to the fact the United States filed multi-million lawsuits against investment banks, whcih have operations in sanctioned countries," the source said.

Earlier the Wall Street Journal reported with reference to informed sources that the US government had recommended large US banks to refrain from buying Russian government bonds.